It's nice out and Gershwin is letting me know by relentlessly pacing around the house and sighing, and then coming to stare at me in the studio while I draw. This is about his 10th trip around the house since this morning at 10am when Gabriel left for school. So subtle.

artifact and a drawing of another, pencil on paper
(to be inked in later)

The walls at the Jasper cafe are all booked up for the year and I already have the first show booked for 2012. Spent a good chunk of the morning catching up on emails from being away. Finished drawing artifacts for the day. I can hear chickadees outside so I think it's time to call a recess. I have a painting of my own that I would like to work on today and hopefully finish. An interesting winter scape....painted background and inked foreground. So much ink. I need a cleaning break. I can also tell spring is coming by the amounts of dog hairballs strewn about the floor. Gershwin is beginning to shed his winter coat...and I need to vacuum it up.

Then paint. Little paintings. I miss the one-a-days. I think a little Victoria series is in order....and more birds. Enough chit chat.